I've arrived a little late at the party on this one :-). Many online live classes have already launched in the past few weeks, as well as a wealth of resources for learning pole from home. However, ill for the first two weeks of lockdown and recovering the third, I took a little more time to get there and I am grateful to my students for their patience!
Yesterday, I got to teach my regular Sunday class, from my own living room! I thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with this group and we had a lot of fun. The difficulties included finding the right distance away from my computer when demonstrating, to be in full view, but audible, as well as making sure the participants muted their mics to avoid background noice and echo. For next time, I want to try to find a setup using a better camera and I might use my Britney mic if necessary. Surprisingly though, the class went very smoothly. I gave explanations and demonstrations for each move or combo and then watched my screen as the girls tried them out on their poles at home. I was able to give corrections from a distance, which were immediately responded to. Sometimes, further questions were then asked, which I was able to answer with demonstrations and further explanations. All in all, it felt as close as possible to a real face to face class. Much closer than I had imagined it would, in fact.
I discovered by chatting to the students, that many had not used their poles, or infrequently, during the past 3 weeks of lockdown, even though they had very much wanted to. There is a common block over poling alone and without objective, to which I think a class such as this responds. We have set a new session for next Sunday, which I am eagerly awaiting!
Yesterday, I got to teach my regular Sunday class, from my own living room! I thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with this group and we had a lot of fun. The difficulties included finding the right distance away from my computer when demonstrating, to be in full view, but audible, as well as making sure the participants muted their mics to avoid background noice and echo. For next time, I want to try to find a setup using a better camera and I might use my Britney mic if necessary. Surprisingly though, the class went very smoothly. I gave explanations and demonstrations for each move or combo and then watched my screen as the girls tried them out on their poles at home. I was able to give corrections from a distance, which were immediately responded to. Sometimes, further questions were then asked, which I was able to answer with demonstrations and further explanations. All in all, it felt as close as possible to a real face to face class. Much closer than I had imagined it would, in fact.
I discovered by chatting to the students, that many had not used their poles, or infrequently, during the past 3 weeks of lockdown, even though they had very much wanted to. There is a common block over poling alone and without objective, to which I think a class such as this responds. We have set a new session for next Sunday, which I am eagerly awaiting!
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| Giving class from home; another advantage is that all the family can join in :-) |
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